M.Ted, I will take a look at those links as soon as I can, and I will get back to you. If there is validity to a theory that runs counter to prevailing opinion, I'm more than happy to acknowledge it. So far, though, the "expert" opinions I've read have been less than impressive--including Harpgirl's Nobel-prize-winning ecologist Wangari Maathai, whose conclusions make very little logical or scientific sense, in my opinion.

Brucie, I believe that the most common reason someone with AIDS would test negative for HIV is that most HIV tests look for antibodies to the virus. If your T cell counts are low enough as a result of having AIDS, you may not be able to produce enough antibodies to show up as positive on the test. (I could be wrong on that, since I'm a pediatrician, and have not taken care of someone with AIDS since 1986. I can check on it.)

Aloha,
Mark

Aloha,
Mark